No-Stress Return – Five Steps to De-stress Your return to Work A vacation is supposed to be rejuvenating, but that can’t happen if you know that when you return to the office you will be overwhelmed with a pile of work. Follow these five steps to make...
Misguided Motivation Keeping employees motivated is challenging. Some managers try to motivate by fear. They threaten the loss of the job or a cut in pay, and for a short time the employee performs. The employee appears motivated so the manager is happy. But it will...
Shouting Doesn’t Make it Clear I’m learning to play golf. It is a very slow process. Last weekend as I had one of those horribly bad rounds my husband, who is an incredibly patient man, began to get frustrated. He knew I could do better, but I just couldn’t pull...
Ego and Fear Two Motivators that Lead to Failure In my experience, there are two motivators that drive most of us; ego and fear. Let’s take a look at how each of these is a separate issue with devastating results. Ego We all have ego. It’s our sense of self....
Making The Most Of Networking In today’s ever-changing landscape of networking, it is easy to get lost in the shuffle. If you don’t utilize your networking tools to the best of your ability you are leaving business on the table. Old schoolers sometimes refuse to...